Name: Afternoon Book Club at the Library
Start: 2026-05-19T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Scotch Plains Public Library

Scotch Plains Public Library

<a href="https://scotlib.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=344380" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Afternoon Book Club </a> will meet on Tuesday, May 19th at 1:00pm in the downstairs meeting room of the Scotch Plains Public Library.They will be discussing the book The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez.  No registration is needed - feel free to just drop in.

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Afternoon Book Club at the Library

The Afternoon Book Club  will meet on Tuesday, May 19th at 1:00pm in the downstairs meeting room of the Scotch Plains Public...

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Old Guard member Allen Hamilton will lead a presentation and group discussion of the American Revolution. Mr. Hamilton has studied many works about the leaders of the revolution and its military campaigns. Topics will include politics; the British and colonists; logistics of war; key battles won and lost; and Nathanael Greene (quartermaster and head of the Southern Command).Allen took early retirement from Exxon to become an independent investment consultant. He has served as president of the Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering and chair of the International Cost Engineering Council. He has also become an avid student of American history.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7:00pm&nbsp;
Please join&nbsp; us at the Scotch Plains Public Library on Wednesday, May 13th at 7:00pm via Zoom for a special program celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.&nbsp;&nbsp;From the beginning of U.S. history, Asian people were present among the diverse population of the colonies.The immense global trade activity established by the British East India Company brought goods, ideas—and people—to the Mid-Atlantic region during the 18th century.&nbsp; Learn how these individuals, who included sailors, soldiers, traders, and enslaved people, navigated American society and took part in the Revolution.



This is an online event! Please attend using your internet connected computer or mobile device. The Zoom link will be delivered to your email inbox before the event.

Please log in with your library card number and PIN to reserve your place at this event. You may also <a href="https://scotlib.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=333157" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">register</a> as a guest with your email, or by phone or at the Library.&nbsp; For more information go to <a href="https://www.scotlib.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.scotchplainslibrary.org</a> , email library@scotchplainslibrary.org, or call (908) 322-5007 x 204. The Scotch Plains Public Library is located at 1927 Bartle Avenue.&nbsp;

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St. Paul’s is located at 414 E. Broad Street (near Euclid Avenue) in Westfield, NJ.&nbsp; Tickets, priced at $40 for adults and $20 for students, may be purchased online at <a href="https://steepleconcerts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">steepleconcerts.org</a> or on May 17 at the concert door.&nbsp; Free concert parking is available in the St. Paul’s parking lot off of Euclid Avenue or on St. Paul’s Street next to the church.&nbsp; Following the event, concert attendees are invited to a lavish reception in the church’s Hamersley Hall, where they can meet and greet concert soloists, chorus singers, and members of the professional orchestra. 
 
Mozart (1756-1791) composed his Grossemesse (K. 427) in 1782-83, age 26, when he had moved from Vienna to Salzburg.&nbsp; This move came shortly after his marriage to Maria Costanze Weber (1742-1842), the Austrian singer, businesswoman, and beloved wife who managed Mozart’s legacy after his untimely death in 1791.&nbsp; The Great Mass was possibly “written as a votive offering” to that beloved wife. (Letter to Mozart’s father, Jan 4, 1783).
Though never completed, the Great Mass is considered one of Mozart’s finest, most beautiful works. The work presents on a much grander and more ambitious scale than the 15 settings Mozart had first laid out for it. With coloratura soloist Constanze singing the Soprano 1 parts, the Mass premiered in Salzburg (1783) with only the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Benedictus completed.&nbsp; The Mass remains unfinished and will be performed as composed by Mozart, with additional editorial orchestration of the incomplete sections. 
 
Masterworks conductor Mark Hyczko, St. Paul’s celebrated Music Director and organist, notes that, “This Masterworks concert tribute to Mozart brings together a chorus of more than fifty voices, made up of singers from both our St. Paul’s Choir and local Westfield-area communities, together with a full orchestra of professional players, many from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.&nbsp; ”Mr. Hyczko adds that, “We look forward to presenting soprano Nadine Robinson, mezzo-soprano Cornelia Lotito, tenor Jeremy Blossey, and bass Charles Schneider as our distinguished Mozart Mass soloists.” 
 
Please join us on Sunday, May 17 at 5 PM, in an inspired church setting, to celebrate the genius of Mozart with these outstanding voices and orchestra players.

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